Home Island
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Home Island, also known locally as Pulu Selma, is one of only two permanently inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the Southern Atoll of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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n Overseas Territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean
. It is 0.95 km² in area and contains the largest settlement of the territory, Bantam
, with a population of about 500 Cocos Malay people
.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The Territory of the Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka....
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Overseas Territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
. It is 0.95 km² in area and contains the largest settlement of the territory, Bantam
Bantam, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Bantam Village is the largest settlement on the Cocos Islands. It is located on Home Island and has a population of about 500, mainly Cocos Malays....
, with a population of about 500 Cocos Malay people
Cocos Malays
Cocos Malays are a community that form the predominant group of the Cocos Islands, which is now part of Australia. The Cocos Malays are originated from the descendants of Malay settlers from the British colonies of British Malaya, Singapore, Brunei and the Riau Archipelago of Dutch East Indies.The...
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